Book English 2011.p65 - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textilesVI.UPGRADATION OF TECHNOLOGYVI(a)AUTOMATIC REELING UNITSIn view of the thrust being provided tobivoltine cocoon production in the countryand with an aim to produce internationalquality (3A - 4A) raw silk, a scheme forsupporting establishment of AutomaticReeling Machine (ARM) units wasimplemented under CDP in the X Plan ona pilot basis and two ARM units, one eachin Jangaon, Warangal District, AndhraPradesh and Gobichettypalyam, ErodeDistrict, Tamil Nadu were establishedduring the year 2007-08. Both ARM unitsare running and producing quality rawsilk. The Mnistry is supporting theestablishment of ARM units during the XIPlan CDP with a physical target of 10units. The scheme is aimed at popularisingthe adoption of latest technologies incocoon processing, silk reeling, testingetc. Each ARM unit with 400 ends has acapacity to produce approximately 34.00MTs of quality raw silk per annum. Thecocoon requirement would be around 218MT per annum covering 350-500 acresunder mulberry cultivation. This meansthat around 400 farmers would be linkedup with one automatic reeling unit.During the year 2008-09, CSB inassociation with the respective State, hadidentified three entrepreneurs, two fromKarnataka and one from Tamil Nadu forestablishment of ARM units. Three moreentrepreneurs, one each form Karnataka,Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, havebeen identified for establishment of ARMunits during 2010-11. Of these six units,one unit has been commissioned atRamanagaram (Karnataka) and three unitsare at the erection & commissioning stage.VI(b) ERI SPUN SILK MILLEri cocoons were hitherto utilized for theproduction of hand spun yarn on traditionalhand spinning devices. Trials undertakenby CSB for the production of mill spun eriyarn of various counts showedencouraging results. Diversified valueadded products like denims, knits andcarpets were made using these yarns.With a view to produce quality eri spunsilk yarn of various counts and to meetthe requirement of producing diversifiedvalue added products in eri and its blendsboth for domestic as well as internationalmarkets, it was proposed to support forestablishment of Eri Spun Silk Mill of 440spindles with a capacity to produce around100 kgs of spun silk yarn per day, underthe X Plan CDP approved by the EFC.The scheme envisaged central subsidy of75% on the unit cost of Rs.150.00 lakhtowards building, infrastructure andmachinery. The total project cost isestimated to be around Rs.270.00 lakh.Establishment of two units, one each inHindupur, Andhra Pradesh and Kokrajhar,Bodo Territorial Council (BTC), Assamwere approved. M/s Indian Silk Mills,Bangalore and M/s Indi Luo Enterprises,Kokrajhar have established these units inHindupur and Kokrajhar respectively duringthe year 2008-09. Both the units havestarted commercial production. There is aprovision to support for establishment ofthree eri spun silk units during the XIPlan. Under this scheme, one unit atChayyagaon Industrial Growth Centre,Assam has been established and the unithas stared commercial production. Anotherunit has been identified for establishmentat Raipur, Chhattisgarh during the year2009-10.VII. PROJECTS WITH R&D FUNDS1. PRODUCT DESIGN,DEVELOPMENTANDDIVERSIFICATION - P3D CELL"THE COCOON"Product Design, Development,Diversification and Market Support - P3DCell "The Cocoon" was established by112